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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Angela Miller; Monica Schmidt

specimen). Use prepared slides or make your own specimens (#6). Use a range of magnifications (such as 50X, 100X, 200X) to examine specimens with the microscope.4. Use a compound microscope to examine specimens in reflected light (where light is reflected from the surface of specimens, but does not have to go through). If possible, use a range of magnifications (such as 10X, 20X, 50X) to examine specimens with the microscope. Look at crystals of table salt under both transmitted and reflected light microscopes (if available), and compare how differently the crystals appear.5. Tour a laboratory or other work site where microscopes are used. Observe a microscope in use. Look at an image through the

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Computed Simulation and Animation

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Murat Tanyel

ASEE North Midwest Section Meeting, Madison, WI, Oct. 2002.8. Couch II, L. W., Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Sixth Edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (2001).9. Gorter, H., Matherly, B., MPSK Demo Project Report, EGR 363 Project Report, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA, May 2002.MURAT TANYELMurat Tanyel is a professor of engineering at Dordt College. He teaches upper level electrical engineering courses.Prior to teaching at Dordt College, Dr. Tanyel taught at Drexel University where he worked for the EnhancedEducational Experience for Engineering Students (E4) project, setting up and teaching laboratory and hands-oncomputer experiments for engineering freshmen and sophomores. For one semester, he was also a

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Multimedia Engineering Education,Distance, Service, & Internet-Based Approaches

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Shan Barkataki; Bolton Tom

adverselyaffecting the whole project schedule. This required the students to have frequent interactionswith the industry partners to resolve technical issues, report status, and participate in peerreviews. For all practical purposes, the students worked as members of the project developmentteam, except that they worked in a laboratory at the university. However, we wanted thestudents to act like students, i.e., work part-time (they had other courses) and keep irregularhours (typically by starting in the afternoon and working late into the night and, of course, theweekends). Finally, we wanted to investigate the feasibility of conducting all collaborationactivities through the Internet. Accordingly, all interactions with the industrial partner weredone

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Technical Issues in Arch Engineering

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Daniel Davis

2306school and a variety of professional careers in the design and building industries. The major is structured to providea proper foundation in mathematics and the basic sciences, while retaining the hands-on laboratory and studiofeatures that are the hallmark of all architectural and engineering technologies. The program is accredited by theTechnology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET)and is as follows: TABLE I [1] 2000-2001 Architecture CurriculumSem 1 Course Credits/Contact HrsAET 110 Introduction to Architectural Process 4 Credits/8

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ASEE Multimedia Session

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Anant Kukreti

Burlington Northern Foundation Teaching Award, Regents Award for Superior Teaching, ASEE MidwestSection Outstanding Teaching Award, and the ASEE Fluke Corporation Award for Innovation in LaboratoryInstruction. At University of Oklahoma he also received the David Ross Boyd Professorship.TIM C. KEENERTim C. Keener is a professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Air Pollution Control Laboratory ofthe University of Cincinnati. Dr. Keener also directs the University of Cincinnati Environmental Training Institutewhich provides short course training to environmental professionals. Dr. Keener is the recipient of the Lyman A.Ripperton Award from the Air & Waste Management Association in recognition of his distinguished achievementsas an

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Best Teaching Practices for ABET

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Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

the Media Laboratory: A Case Study in Web-based Course Creation,” Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Frontiers in Education Conference. 2. Green, K.C. (2001) “eCommerce Comes Slowly to the Campus,” Summary of the 2001 National Survey of Information Technology in US Higher Education, The Campus Computing Project, http://www.campuscomputing.net/. 3. Vogel, D. and Klassen, J. (2001) “Technology-supported learning: status, issues, and trends,” Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, volume 17, pp 105. 4. “Guidelines for Recognizing Faculty Teaching Effectiveness and Related Contributions,” Memorandum from Dean Ben G. Streetman to College of Engineering Faculty

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Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

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Shamsuddin Ilias; Franklin King

learning portfolio isshown in Table 1. Students complete the portfolio so that their lowest grade is dropped.The IPR method is illustrated for the first section of our Process Control course that was taughtduring the spring semester to a mixture of junior and senior chemical engineers. The course plan Page 8.651.4includes 23 LOs that are assessed using three mid-course exams, a final exam, eight Control “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationStation10 laboratory experiments and a plant-wide

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Teaching Strategies in BME

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Paul King; Sean Brophy; Stacy Klein-Gardner

familiar with the technologies involved in cardiology and electrocardiography, • be aware of the societal ramifications of heart related research. • identify definitions of some medical terminologyThe ‘traditional’ methods of instruction for the course have been organized around aseries of topics related to these learning goals. Class meetings are used fordemonstrations, lectures, discussion and guest lectures. Various field trips have beenmade to laboratories at the university including the Human Patient Simulator and themouse lab that utilizes implanted ECG devices to study the effects of varyinginvestigational cardiac drug therapies. Based on prior course evaluation surveys studentshave enjoyed the course and reported that they have

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Assessment Issues

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Patrick Norris; Duco Jansen; Sean Brophy

? a) strongly absorbed b) somewhat absorbed c) very weakly absorbed 4. Based on the answer to the previous question (this wavelength is almost not at all absorbed) how can the laser still succeed in cutting the flap?After the lecture students were asked the same questions again, and performed much better,providing clearer and more accurate descriptions. Also, recall of facts such as wavelength alsowas increased. This illustrates that the laboratory visit provided an orientation for much of theinformation, helping raise students’ awareness. The lecture had a strong impact on their ability toanswer the questions. The combination of the field trip, the reflection activity using

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Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

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Jeffrey Giesey

Mechanical Engineering. In September of 2000 the Polytechnicinaugurated a new Engineering Building consisting of 15 classrooms, 13 laboratories, 34 offices,and auditorium and study areas for students. In 2002 the Polytechnic offered its first B Techdegrees in Mechanical and Civil Engineering. A B Tech in Information Technology is planned tobegin in 2003 and the B Tech in Electrical and Electronics in 2004.I found the academic environment in Namibia to be very similar to what it is in Ohio. Facultymembers are primarily concerned with how to help students learn while fulfilling their other dutiesrequired in the job. In addition to this, they also worried about how to assess student learning,what employers desire from graduates, and what needs to be

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Miroslav Velev

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Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

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Herbert Hess

. Theeffect of information technologies is considered, including real time control, operation andmaintenance management, and policy development.IntroductionSmall generator sets for electric power in remote locations have an important place in theagriculture and tourism industries of the rural western US. They increase the ability to use theland cleanly, safely, and productively and to enjoy its recreational beauty. Therefore,manufacturers are making improvements to create cleaner, quieter, more reliable smallgenerators that are easy to move and provide power on demand. Over the next two decades, anumber of technological advances currently in the laboratory will appear on models in the field.Though underlying power generation technologies have

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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FE TABAMO; CRISTINO CARBONELL; Conchita Javier; Clarita Guevara

SEC III,Dortmund, Germany. He is the Phyhsics Laboratory Supervisor of the UST Faculty of Engineering.Associate Professor Clarita R. Guevara is a Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Santo Tomas. Sheobtained her Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, QuezonCity. She was a Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia where she attendedcourses on Advanced Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Methods. She co-presented a paper at the ICEE2002, Manila,Philippines. She is the Chair of the Enginering Sciences Department of the UST Faculty ofEngineering.Associate Professor Fe P. Tabamo is a Chemical Engineering graduate of the University of Santo Tomas

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Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

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Alok Verma

in engineering technology education. He holds aBachelor’s degree from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and a Master of Engineering degree from OldDominion University. He has been very active in the Engineering Technology Division and the EngineeringTechnology Council of ASEE, holding several positions in ETD, including chair. He has also been active inTAC of ABET, as a commissioner and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.ALOK K. VERMA Alok K. Verma is Associate Professor and Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory atOld Dominion University. He received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute ofTechnology, Kanpur in 1978 and MS in Engineering Mechanics from Old Dominion University in 1981

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Lisa Lebduska; David DiBiasio

of AIChE, Los Angeles, Chemical Engineering in the New Millenium, 399-405.3 Yokomoto, C.F., M. Rizkalla, C. O’Laughlin, M. El-Sharkawy, and N. Lamm, "Developing a MotivationalFreshman Course in Using the Principle of Attached Learning", Jour. Eng. Ed., 88:2:99-105.4 Balley, R. and C. Gelsler. (1991) “An Approach to Improving Communication Skills in a Laboratory Setting.”Journal of Chemical Education, 68:2:150-152.5 Lablanca, D. A. (1985) “Writing Across the Curriculum: A Heretical Perspective.” Journal of ChemicalEducation, 62:5:400-401.6 Aaron, D. K. (1996) “Writing Across the Curriculum: Putting Theory into Practice in Animal Science Courses.”Journal of Animal Science 74:11:2810-2827.7Hendricks, R. W. and E. C. Pappas. (1996) “Advanced

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Daniel Waldorf

Laboratories to Have a CAD/CAM Component: Implementation Issues,” Engineering Design Graphics Journal, Vol. 60, No. 2, 1996, pp. 26-41.16 Padron, Elsa Napoles, et al., “An Introduction of Finite Element Method in the Engineering Teaching at the University of Camaguey,” Cuba, Vol. 06-13, 1996, pp. 1-5.17 Boronkay, Thomas G. and Janak Dave, “Introduction of Finite Element Methods in the Lower Division Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Milwaukee.18 Karadelis, J.N., “A Stimulating Approach to Teaching, Learning and Assessing Finite Element Methods: A Case Study,” European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1998, pp. 91- 103.19 Earley, Ronald E., “Use

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Rick Duley; S P Maj; D Veal

andmanagement. He is the author of a text book, ’The Use of Computers in Laboratory Automation’, which was commissionedby the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK). His first book, 'Language Independent Design Methodology - an introduction' ,was commissioned by the National Computing Centre (NCC). Dr S P Maj has organized, chaired and been invited to speakat many international conferences at the highest level. He has also served on many national and international committeesand was on the editorial board of two international journals concerned with the advancement of science and technology. AsDeputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Institute of Instrumentation and Control Australia (IICA) educational sub-committee he was responsible for successfully designing

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Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

geometric construction exercises before movingon to 3D solid modeling activities approximately halfway through the semester. During the springof 2001, all laboratory activities will be completed using SolidWorks® 2000. Where in the pastmany of the CAD exercises have focused on creating documentation drawings, CAD exercises inthe revised course will emphasize modeling concepts. One of the goals of the course is havestudents understand the importance of having the 3D computer model as the focal point of thedesign and manufacturing processes.GeometryAs stated earlier, many faculty believe that using instruments to complete geometric constructionproblems is necessary for students to understand concepts such as tangency or locus of centers.This has been

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Louis Theodore; Joseph Reynolds; Ann Marie Flynn

chemicals and foam agents unites the fast flame control of the dry chemical with the cooling and sealing ability of foam to provide an efficient portable extinguishing system.11. Portable extinguishers–These are used in small fires since they can easily be transported and operated. Ideal placement would be in laboratories and pilot plant installations where fires of limited size can be anticipated.IV. ProblemsThe problem section from the Topic, Fires, Explosions, Toxic Emissions, andHazardous Spills is presented below. These essentially serve as the homeworkproblems for the topic in question.1. Calculate the upper and lower flammability limits of a gas mixture that consists of 50% methane, 10% ethane, and 40% pentane by volume.2

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Robin Burt; Krishna Athreya; K-Y. Daisy Fan

complexproject involving social and economic issues related to engineering in six two-hour sessions wasa significant challenge. Table 1 shows the ambitious project schedule. Table 1. Project schedule Day Activity or Task 1 Introduction to water quality management Walk along Cascadilla Creek—how to model a real waterway in one dimension 2 Mock town hall meeting—gather information on river system 3 Water quality analysis in the environmental engineering laboratory Water quality modeling—introduction to software DESERT 4 Water quality modeling—design and evaluate policies 5 Water quality modeling—design and evaluate policies

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Thomas Rich; James Baish

Engineering EducationStructural Forms - Structural Elements and Famous BuildingsVibrating Forms - Earthquakes, Auditorium, Musical InstrumentsFlowing Forms - Drag and Flow, Streamlining, Automobile StylingConnecting Forms - Graph Theory, Floor Plans, Network DesignFilling and Symmetric Forms - Packing, Patterns, Islamic ArtSelf-Similar Forms - Trees, Blood Vessels, Rivers, FractalsOrigins of Form – Growth, Diffusion, Adaptation, Evolution, ManufacturingPerception of Form – Natural and Artificial CognitionAesthetics of Form – Classic Proportions, Environmental AestheticsTable 1. Form and Function Class TopicsTour of Structural Testing Laboratory with Demonstration of Destructive Tensile TestDesign, Construction and Test of 18-inch Towers made of

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Abraham Michelen

several parameters are changed; even fullsimulation laboratory exercises can be created without a big effort. The author havedeveloped simulation labs for electronics and telecommunication courses that allow thestudents to study the behavior of systems without the need to use expensive orcomplicated equipments. In the next section we introduce an example of a finishedproblem, and in subsequent sections a tutorial is presented on how to build the GUIusing the Guide facility of MATLAB.II. Example: Amplitude ModulationThe following example illustrates the effect on the amplitude-modulated signal when thecoefficient of modulation is changed. Mathematically, the amplitude modulation (AM)process can be expressed as y(t) = [1

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Wen-Whai Li; Charles Turner; Alfredo Martinez

substituted for certain commoncourses. This phase of implementation was completed during the Spring 2001 semester.The third phase of implementation will focus on the advertising of the sustainableengineering initiative and recruiting students for the certification program. The committeeintends to secure a number of summer internships with UTEP’s industrial partners, stateand federal agencies, and national laboratories. All freshman courses revised under thesustainable/green engineering initiative will be offered in Fall 2001 and the two newcourses will be offered to upper-division students in Spring 2002. Page 6.359.11“Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

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Oliver Sitton; Neil Book; Douglas Ludlow

. • Perform gap analyses for individual students. Each student should have a report listing what outcomes she has mastered and which ones remain. The gap analysis assists in providing a personal development plan for each student.The final project goal is to redesign a traditional classroom for synchronous delivery of thelearning system. The most common classroom at UMR consists of a screen, chalkboard, anddesks or tables for the students. Audio/video carts are available on a reservation basis. Most cartscontain an overhead projector with one video projector in the department. Specific lectures thatrequire students to use some type of computer workstation are scheduled and held in a separatecomputer laboratory. The overhead projector is

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Michael Larson; Melanie Landry; Donal Collins

offering an introduction tomanufacturing processes. The laboratory attempts to simulate a "real world" engineeringenvironment that presents its students with a product specification and requires them toprepare a preliminary proposal, form a project team and develop and construct a suitabledesign subject to performance and economic constraints. Beginning with the conceptdevelopment process and continuing on through competitive benchmarking, patentsearches and concluding with the product development, students are given a full designand manufacturing experience with an entrepreneurial bent. This experience, conductedin the relative security of an academic setting, is invaluable for budding professionalengineers.The class primarily consists of

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Victoria Aladejana; Gregory Payne; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein

of 60% to 80% in 1996 6. To raise the number of engineering degrees awarded from 50 in 1993 to 80 in 1996 7. To graduate students from a program that incorporates a more applied, product-oriented curriculum. In pursuit of the third objective the SEM Summer Research / Trainee program was started twoyears ago to provide financial support to Morgan State University underrepresented minority students inscience, engineering and mathematics the opportunity to gain research experience by allowing them underthe supervision of a faculty member or professional scientist mentor at an industrial, governmental oruniversity laboratory site. The objectives of

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Rob Guardiola; Larry Hanneman; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

- 100%. INITIATIVE Setting Rating Engineering Coop/Intern workplace Full-time engineering employment workplace Classroom - Traditional setting Classroom - Laboratory setting Classroom - Capstone design setting Extracurricular Activities - Engineering profession related. Extracurricular Activities - Non-engineering profession related Figure 4. Assessment form for the ISU “Initiative” competency Page 6.383.7 “Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering

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Joseph K. Hitt; Wayne Whiteman

degreerequirements, they were placed in the vibrations, system dynamics, and controls category.Otherwise, they were included as electives.A few programs listed instrumentation, experimentation, measurement, and laboratories asseparate course work. When these courses could be clearly tied to one of the defined technicalsubject areas, they were included in those respective categories. Otherwise, these courses wereagain included as electives.Many of the school’s web sites included a “typical course sequence” to satisfy the mechanicalengineering degree requirements. When this was the case, these layouts were used inrepresenting the general curriculum requirements for that institution.Figures 1 through 6 are graphs of the programs studied. These graphs include

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Judith Waalen; Malgorzata Zywno

the grade in a pre-requisite course and the Grade Point Average for the termimmediately before the course. Prior academic performance is a strong predictor of the expectedperformance in any course, and the expected course grade was assumed to be equal to the PAPmeasure. Thus, the difference between the actual course grade (CG), and the expected coursegrade, equal to PAP, may be used to evaluate the student’s performance in the course. We definedsuch difference as the Improvement in the Course (IC): IC = CG − PAPIf different offerings of the same course used the same evaluations, were taught by the sameinstructors, used the same laboratory setup, etc., the mean value of IC would stay at roughly

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Mohammad Naraghi; Bahman Litkouhi

, war game, etc.. Additionally, a number of ourstudents who decided to learn other languages, such as Fortran and C++, were able tolearn them quickly and easily, mostly via self-study. The programming skills that some Page 6.160.12 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationof these students gained from this course resulted in getting summer internships atprestigious laboratories, such as, NASA.Bibliography1. Beer, F.P. & Johnston, E.R, Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Statics and Dynamics, 6th Ed., McGraw